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Details for "Cuckoo's Nest"
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NameCuckoo's Nest
StyleBorder
Tradition (Xxx) unspecified
New dance ?yes
Origin
Size of set2,4,6,8
HandsLong stick, two short sticks
Tunes
 Cuckoo's Nest
References
Other NotesProbably based on dance at workshop held by Freaks in the Peaks
CodebXxxCUKN
Checked1

Variations as Danced by Mortarbordis

Set sizeas many couples as will
Hands1 short stick
Source
NotesLike Pullman Morris & Sword who taught it to us, we use this as a teaching dance at the end of a set when we have an audience eager to jump in and try dancing one with us. figures: 1) foot up 2) allemande R & L 3) odds back to back around stationary evens; evens back to back around stationary odds 4) petronella turns
References
Tunes

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Teams That Perform This Dance

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Cyprus Cyprus (none)
Dartmoor Border Devon,UK (none)
Ditchling East Sussex,UK (none)
Drunken Weasel Border Virginia,USA links
Exmoor Border Devon,UK (none)
Firebird New Hampshire,USA (none)
Grimspound Devon,UK set, hands
Heb Enw Wales,UK (none)
Jack Frost Dunedin,New Zealand hands, notes
Magnificent Severn Gwent,UK (none)
Makara Yorkshire,UK set, links
Moonshine Isle of Wight,UK set, hands, links
Mortarbordis Chicago,USA set, hands, notes
Pedant's Revolt Norfolk,UK (none)
Ramtop Los Angeles, California,USA (none)
Ravens Yorkshire,UK (none)
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Tegeingl Tanglers Flint, North Wales,UK (none)
Two-Headed Sheep Cumbria,UK (none)
Wild Moon Somerset,UK set, hands
Yorkshire Coast Yorkshire,UK (none)